John christiansen



(No Model.)

J. OHRISTIANSEN.

WASH STAND AND WATER CLOSET.

Ptented Nov. 1,1881.

WITNESSES I N. Farms Phclu-Uhogmphcn Washington. a. c.

IINTTED STATES PATENT Erica. ,7

JOHN CHRISTIANSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WASH-STAND AND WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,914, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed July 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN CHRISTIANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,

5 have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Lavatories or Wash-Stands and Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a combined lava- I tory or wash stand and watercloset, which may be used anywhere, but is designed by me particularly for use in railway-cars and staterooms of sleepingcars and steamboats.

The object of my invention is to greatly 1 economize space, while allowing free use of each feature of my device. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the drawiugs accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention attached to the side of a state-room, and showing both the lavatory or wash-stand and the water-closet. Fig.2 is a horizontal crosssection on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the several figures of the drawings like letters, wherever used, indicate like parts of said invention.

A represents a portion of the wall of a state- 0 room, part being broken away; 0, the floor thereof.

B is an ordinary water-closet. stool, with the lid C, covered with cushioned top Q, thrown open, thus exposing the stool-hole.

J represents the waste or evacuating pipe passing through floor O, as shown. I

D represents the lavatory or wash-stand shown in Fig. l in its upper position, suspended by wire or other rope or cord E, at- 0 tached to it by attachment 0. Rope E,passing over pulley F, fixed in the wall, as shown, is attached to counterbalance-wcight G, hanging in the rear of the wall A or other convenient place, said lavatory or wash-stand D sliding 5 in vertical grooves S and S, and locked in said upper position by lock or latch L.

I is the bowl or basin of the lavatory or wash-stand. P is the basin-top; M and N, a

cabinet for toilet articles 5 H, a waste-pipe eX- tending from the bottom of basin I to the exitpipe K, through a hinged valve, L. c is the hinge of the stool-lid C.

Fig.1 shows my invention as adapted for the use of-the water-closet, the lavatory or wash-stand being at its upper positiona sut- 5 ficient distance above said closet to permit an adult person to sit upright upon said stool. Said lavatory is locked in its upper position by an ordinary snap lock or catch, as shown at L, and is provided also with a knob or knobs to raise or lower it to any desired position. It is obvious that the locks might be done away with and the lavatory balanced by weight G and cord E, in slides or guideways S and S, with sufticient nicety to answer every purpose; but I prefer the locks, as being more secure.

Fig. 3 represents the device adapted for use as a lavatory or wash-stand, concealing completely the water-closet, and shutting off all offensive odors which might arise therefrom, thus afi'ording a neat and sightly structure, similar, to all intents and purposes, to a permanent lavatory itself.

The drip or waste pipe H from the basin I extends downward tothe extreme corner of the closet-stool, so that when the lavatory is elevated, as shown in Fig. 1, no water can drip or fall upon the occupant of the closet-stool. Said pipe or tube, when closed down, as in Fig. 3, pushes aside a valve, L, the latter being adapted to close upward when the former is withdrawn, the object of the last being to avoid the possibility of dropping or losing articles through an open orifice. It is obvious that said drip or waste pipe H maybe extended to such length, and so telescoped into escapepipe K, that when said lavatory is raised to its fullest height no opportunity would be given for water to drip from H. This arrangement would dispense with valve L. The lavatory, when down, is held firmlyin place by the snap or lock L (shown in Fig. 1) catching into socket Z.

The cushioned cover Q on the closet-lid C affords an additional seat in the state-room when the lavatory is raised to its upper position and lid C closed.

With this full description of the different features of my invention its use is apparent, and I do not deem it necessary to further explain its mode of operation.

I do not claim, broadly, a combined lavatory or wash-stand and water-closet, nor such a combination of said parts that the former is attached to the latter by hinges, so as to be swung aside or up from said water-closet, as such I acknowledge to be old; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A combined lavatory 0'.- wash-stand and water-closet, the former adapted to be raised vertically above the latter to a sufficientheight to permit of free access to the latter, substantially as described.

2. A combined lavatory or wash-stand and water-closet, the former being provided with vertical guideways and means for raising and holding it at an elevated position as regards the latter, substantially as described.

3. A combined lavatory or wash-stand and water-closet, theforrner being provided with means for raising it above the latter, and a locking device for locking it up or down, as desired, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a lavatory or washstand and water-closet, the former being adjustable above the latter in slides or guideways, and suspended by a weight and cord, said cord passingover a pulley at a point above said lavatory, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a lavatory or washstand, a water-closet, and a bracket or cabinet, said bracket or cabinet being a part of the first named, and both together adjustable above the water-closet, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the wash bowl I, wastetube H, valve L, and pipe K, the whole arranged in such manner that when the bowl 1 is raised the waste-tube H is withdrawn and valve L is closed, substantially as described.

7. In combination, the lavatory or washstand D, basin I, cabinet M and N, cord E, attachment a, pulley F, counterbalance-weight G, guideways S and S, pipes H and K, valve L, and closet B, lid 0, hinge c, cushion Q, and evacuating-pipe J, substantially as described.

JNO. OHRISTIANSEN.

Witnesses:

O. B. BOUTON, R0131. VIERLING. 

